Good Report

My Infectious Disease Doctor UT Medical Center from when I was in the hospital for 6 days, requested a follow-up visit after my release which was today and the report he gave me was that my blood work was indicating that all my markers were returning to normal and that there was no side effects from me taking the antibiotics at home which now means that I am free to do anything that I physically feel like doing (except get into a pool and/or a hot tub) as long I take good precautions to protect my PICC line.

He wants to continue the antibiotics for the full 4 weeks to make sure that the drugs continues to work on any remaining infection and even though he may not need to because of my blood work.  He cautioned me in the future not to ignore any cuts on my body and make sure I disinfect them and cover them to keep this from happening again...  and no, just because I had a Staph Infection one time does not necessarily mean that I am a good candidate to get another one.

He also told my wife to increase the time my infusions take (from 15 minutes to 20 minutes) to see if that will eliminate the nausea I feel when she has completed my most recent infusions.  While my nausea is brief, slowing the infusion rate down may eliminate them altogether.

NOTE:  Last night was the first night since I had been released from the Hospital that I did not have night sweats and my morning's weight taking indicated that I had gained a pound even though I had not increased my eating yesterday.  Is there a connection between weight loss and night sweats?